As a small business owner, I understand the challenges and rewards of growing a company. Business development is the lifeblood of any enterprise, especially for small businesses where every ...

May 14, 2024 - There's a quiet revolution happening in law firm business development across the globe — code named Activator. From the Magic Circle to the Am Law 200 and beyond — law firms are ...

Business development isn’t for everyone. While it’s hard to neatly sum up everyone in the field, the tenacious drive to innovate, iterate and build partnerships that the best business development ...

September 08, 2025 - There's little debate that AI is saving time spent on routine legal tasks — a lot of it. One study notes results from pilot projects show associate time spent on a complaint ...

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, I had the pleasure of speaking with Deborah Farone, founder of Farone Advisors, former Chief Marketing Officer of Cravath, Swain & Moore, and author of Breaking ...

The mission of the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) is to support and accelerate business development and growth, targeting women and serving all business owners, in order to strengthen ...

Once upon a time, professional service providers—RIA's, wealth managers, CPAs, attorneys—were people whose personality and training led them to careers that were more "left-brained," "black and white, ...

Small business owners are under a lot of pressure these days. Consider the small businesses in Baltimore, Maryland, that are coping with the aftereffects from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on ...

MCC Director of Business Development Education Daphne Cook (left) and MCC Executive Director of Business Development Marla Ashe at the headquarters for the new MCC Business Development Center. Both ...

A once under-the-radar gig luring portfolio managers to top hedge funds has become a coveted, multimillion-dollar role amid the war for talent. Inside the rise of the business-development professional ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The mission of the Women’s Business Development Center ...